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Inn vs Ryokan - What's the difference?

inn | ryokan |

As nouns the difference between inn and ryokan

is that inn is any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink while ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas.

As a verb inn

is to house; to lodge.

As an initialism INN

is international Nonproprietary Name - the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

inn

English

Noun

(wikipedia inn) (en noun)
  • Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  • * Washington Irving
    • the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn , after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • A tavern.
  • One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
    • the Inns''' of Court; the '''Inns''' of Chancery; Serjeants' '''Inns
  • (UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
    • Leicester Inn
  • (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
    • (Chaucer)
  • * Spenser
    • Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * bed and breakfast * guesthouse * hostel * hotel * motel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To house; to lodge.
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) To take lodging; to lodge.
    • (Addison)

    Anagrams

    * English terms with homophones ----

    ryokan

    English

    (wikipedia ryokan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 27, author=, title=Gift to the Mailroom, From the Boardroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Ducasse is pursuing plans for a new hotel one hour from central Tokyo, a cross between a ryokan , a traditional Japanese inn, and an auberge, a French country inn.}}